Avelo has appointed Andrew Simon as UK executive general product manager.

Simon joins from iPipeline (previously Assureweb) where has worked for the past six years, initially as chief operating officer and latterly as chief executive officer.

Before this, he worked for Aviva for six years and Zurich Financial Services for 11 years.

Simon will be joining the company in December, and will report into Simon Badley, CEO of Avelo.

He will form part of the UK executive board for the technology solutions company.